Quote (EmericAn @ Dec 28 2018 07:00pm)

Cats from trees? what is this 1970.. get out of here with that shit.

and no, most of our calls are EMS. So those happen all day and all night pretty much. The rest of the calls; car accidents, gas leaks, elevator rescues, fires, water rescues ... stuff like that, we take them as they come, they are weekly but EMS is the bulk of any fire department(most).



Well they either dont run EMS and/or he works in a very low volume area. Like I said, we did over 4,000 calls this year. Thats a lot, would be curious to know how many calls he did just as comparison.

It is rare, but some departments dont run ems(they arent emts/paramedics) JUST firefighters, and the city/town/whatever it is, pays someone else to run EMS. Departments like this are not common anymore, but they do exist.

That is not the case where I work, we run EMS and we are all emts/paramedics.



We have Roll Call at 7:30, then everyday every truck/rig needs to be checked and every piece of equipment, then we clean the station. We have daily EMS training, Fire Training few times a week, inspections... whatever else needs to be done. (training, especially EMS refreshing is very important. Its impossible to learn the skills to be a paramedic one time and remember it forever, we are always refreshing/learning so we know what to do on a call. We can literally stick a needle into someones chest or shock people or push drugs that stop your heart. These things require constant refreshing/re-learning). At 3PM you are allowed to go to the gym and workout. 4pm is considered 'end of duty day' and you can change out of your duty uniform and put on shorts or sweatpants and shit. Sunday is a 'down day' But remember there are average 10+ calls a day during all this time and after 4pm and well into the night.

Does that mean from 7:30am-4:00pm we work nonstop/train nonstop. NO, there is of course some downtime in between, and we will sit in the day room and relax in a recliner and watch tv or nap or whatever it is. Somedays its all work, somedays its half work/some days half work half relaxing/some days its all relaxing, but therese still 10 calls to be done everyday. And around the holidays its all 'down time'. Second week in Jan we will kick back up to our regular routine.

Quote (CocainePuppy @ Dec 28 2018 07:03pm)

Damn that's crazy, sounds like it keeps you on your toes for sure.

Quote (EmericAn @ Dec 29 2018 12:11am)

Like I said of course there’s downtime. But not like downtime for a ‘normal job’ let’s be real if you work a 9-5 you most likely aren’t working that entire time you are there. I’ve worked plenty of jobs where we did a lot of dicking around. But we don’t get to go home, that’s what people don’t realize. We are always away from friends and family. We don’t work 8 hours a day and get to go home and get weekends off and holidays off like a ‘normal job’. I know you understand that, but not everyone does.

I just worked 3 straight days, and that includes Christmas. Prime holiday time AWAY from friends and family.

Quote (XxRunNakedxX @ Dec 28 2018 07:15pm)

But did you go into it thinking you weren't going to do this? Not saying it isn't a sacrifice but you knew what it was about going into it right?

Quote (EmericAn @ Dec 29 2018 12:18am)

Oh god of course I knew. I’m not saying it was a surprise, obviously I made the choice to live that life and do the job. I wouldn’t want to do anything else honestly. (Other than super bowl winning quarterback for the Chicago Bears)

Still doesn’t always make it easy, especially around holidays and stuff. I mean I’m grateful for what I do and who I work with.

Quote (EmericAn @ Dec 28 2018 07:11pm)

Like I said of course there’s downtime. But not like downtime for a ‘normal job’ let’s be real if you work a 9-5 you most likely aren’t working that entire time you are there. I’ve worked plenty of jobs where we did a lot of dicking around. But we don’t get to go home, that’s what people don’t realize. We are always away from friends and family. We don’t work 8 hours a day and get to go home and get weekends off and holidays off like a ‘normal job’. I know you understand that, but not everyone does.

I just worked 3 straight days, and that includes Christmas. Prime holiday time AWAY from friends and family.

Quote (Cheesehead @ Dec 28 2018 07:39pm)

Hope my boy Emerican has plenty of down time for his erratic colon. #PoopBros

Quote (CocainePuppy @ Dec 28 2018 08:37pm)

That's crazy so mad respect for you putting your life on the line, I know I couldn't. I imagine you've seen some crazy things.